Thursday, May 05, 2005

This word was the Final Jeopardy question yesterday:

sybarite \SIB-uh-ryt\, noun: A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.
Sybarite comes from Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites, from Sybaris, an ancient Greek city in southeastern Italy noted for the luxurious, pleasure-seeking habits of many of its inhabitants.

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